Odynophagia following retained bee stinger
Nearly half of Hymenoptera stings affect the head and neck region of victims, but reports on oropharyngeal bee stings are very few. We describe the case of a patient with odynophagia and suffocation in mass envenomation. He had a retained bee stinger whose removal was delayed for more than 24 hours...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f452b20e82594db4949d838b494dce26 2023-05-15T15:01:20+02:00 Odynophagia following retained bee stinger S Viswanathan N Iqbal V Shanmugam G Srinath 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992012000200016 https://doaj.org/article/f452b20e82594db4949d838b494dce26 EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992012000200016 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 doi:10.1590/S1678-91992012000200016 1678-9199 https://doaj.org/article/f452b20e82594db4949d838b494dce26 Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 253-255 (2012) intraoral bee sting massive bee sting oropharyngeal Hymenoptera stings soft palate Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992012000200016 2023-01-08T01:30:10Z Nearly half of Hymenoptera stings affect the head and neck region of victims, but reports on oropharyngeal bee stings are very few. We describe the case of a patient with odynophagia and suffocation in mass envenomation. He had a retained bee stinger whose removal was delayed for more than 24 hours following the sting, due to persisting angioedema. Odynophagia receded after removal of the stinger and treatment with paracetamol, steroids and metronidazole. The patient also developed rhabdomyolysis, renal failure and hepatitis that were treated with conservative therapy. Oropharyngeal stings can simulate symptoms of persisting angioedema in victims of mass envenomation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 18 2 253 255 |
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Nearly half of Hymenoptera stings affect the head and neck region of victims, but reports on oropharyngeal bee stings are very few. We describe the case of a patient with odynophagia and suffocation in mass envenomation. He had a retained bee stinger whose removal was delayed for more than 24 hours following the sting, due to persisting angioedema. Odynophagia receded after removal of the stinger and treatment with paracetamol, steroids and metronidazole. The patient also developed rhabdomyolysis, renal failure and hepatitis that were treated with conservative therapy. Oropharyngeal stings can simulate symptoms of persisting angioedema in victims of mass envenomation. |
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